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J. W. MILLET. FULLING MACHINE.

No. 448,537. Patented Mar. 17, 189.1.

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J. W. MILLET. PULLING MAGHINE.

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JOI-IN lV. MILLET, OF DOLGEVILLE, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED DOLGE, OF SAME PLACE.

FULLlNG-NIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,537, dated March 1'?, 1891.

Application led August '7, 1890. Serial No. 361,278. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may-concern.-

Be itknown that I, JOHN lV. MILLET, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Dolgeville, in the count-y of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in FullingMachines, oi which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in f ulling-machines; and the invention consists in the details of construction set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a fullingmachine containing myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view of the opposite side of the machine from that shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section along a- 0c, Fig. l. Fig. l is a section along y y, Fig. Fig. 5 is a detail View of a lag.

In the drawings` the letter A indicates a frame or support in which are mounted fulling-machines B B. A driving-pulley C has a gear-wheel I) engaging a gear-wheel E on the axle F of the roller B, so as to rotate said roller. The gear-wheel G on axle F imparts motion to the gear-wheels Il I K. The gear-wheel K is mounted on the shaft L of roller B', so that said roller is rotated by the gear K. The shaft L is mounted in boxes L2, which can be adjusted by screws M, so that the space between the rollers B B can be varied to suit different thicknesses of felt. Links P connect the shafts of gears G Il I K, so that as the roller B is adjusted back and forth lthe links P willlhold the gears in engagement with one another.

The rollers B B are provided with lags. The lags arc composed of rods or bars of wood N, secured to brackets O and having arms Q. The arms Q have square holes for the engagement of torsional springs R, which springs are supported by ridges S, Fig. 3, secured to the roller-shafts F L. The lags extend partly about the fulling-rollers B B. lVhen those parts of the fulling rollers which are free from lags face one another, the portion of the felt T which is to be fulled is inserted between said rollers, and as said rollers rotate in the direction indicated by arrows, Fig. fl, the lags act on the felt so as to full the sam e. The springs R, while tending to swing or force the lags outward from the centers of rollers B B, allow the lags "to yield sufficiently toward the roller-centers to thoroughly full the felt and yield to any unevenness in the surface of the felt, and consequently the lags are so mounted on the torsional springs as to be susceptible of swinging toward and .from the centers-of the rollers.

The felt is sprinkled with soap before fulling, and hot water from pipe U, Fig. e, being` allowed to drop onto roller B will keep the telt as wet as required. A trough V catches the waste water. A table \V, having rollers, can be used to support and feed the felt, and an incline X will carry drippings from the talble to trough V.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a fulling-1nachine, the combination, with trilling-rollers, of lags mounted to swing on said rollers, substantially as described.

2. In a trilling-machine, the combination, with fulling-rollers, of lags mounted to swing toward and from the centers of said rollers, substantially as described.

3. In a fulling-machine, the combination, with fulling-rollers, of lags mounted to swing on said rollers and springs made to act on said lags, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with fulling -rollers having ridges S, of swing-lags on said rollers and springs secured to said ridges and made to act on said lags, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with fullingrollers having swinging lags, of gears made to connect said rollers, and links l?, made to conneet said gears, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l

- J OIIN W. MILLET. Titnessesf CHAs. H; GEAMER, CHA. A. SGHUMACHER. 

